Motion Picture News (Oct-Dec 1930)

50 Motion Picture N ,e w s D e c e m b c r 20, IV 3 0 MANAGtKf ' POUND TACLt CLUEl PERSONALITIES -♦ SHOWMEN NEWSETTES FROM EVERYWHERE — EUGENE CURTIS, formerly of New Haven, Conn., has been appointed manager of the Capitol, Montreal, Ontario, Canada, succeeding Harry S. Dahn, who steps up to the district managership of Toronto. * * * HOWARD WAUGH has been appointed manager of the Capitol, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, succeeding Walter F. Davis, resigned. * * * PAUL GRAY will manage the Salem in Dayton, Ohio, upon the house's completion. * * * R. R. MILLER will remain as manager of the Parkway, Madison, Wis. House was closed recently for repairs. * * * OLIVER H. STACY, for twelve years manager of the Empire, Albany, New York, has resigned. * * * PAUL SCHULZ has resigned as manager of the Orpheum. Houghton, Mich. * * * J. F. LOWRANCE is operating the New Princess in Humboldt, Tenn. JOSEPH J. RAYMOND, of Utica. has taken over the management of the Richmond Theatre in Herkimer, New York. * * * CHARLES RALEY will assist Myron Booth in the management of the New Ritz Theatre, Fort Myers, Fla. C. F. HANCOCK has been appointed manager of the Lyric Theatre, Stuart. Fla. * * * CHARLES E. FRESHWATER has been appointed manager of the Palace Theatre, Long Beach, Calif. * * * BILL STEEGE announces the closing of the Alcazar Theatre in Great Falls, Mont. * * * CHARLES C. PERRY has been named manager of the Colonial Theatre, Akron, Ohio. Perry replaces William Kemmery who goes to Bradford, Pa. * * * L. L. ISENBERG has taken over, and will operate, the Arcadia Theatre, Arcadia, Calif. ~* * * * EARLE STREBE, former manager of the Palm Spring Theatre, Palm Spring, Calif., has again assumed management of the house. * * * C. J. BEACH has taken over active management of the Beaver Theatre, Beaverton, Ore. * * * JESSE CLARK is managing the La Plaza Theatre, St. Petersburg, Fla. * * * OTTO SCHMIDT, former manager of the Paris Theatre, Santa Fe, N. M., will manage the new local theatre upon building completion. * * * GEORGIA RACELY is managing the new Royal Theatre, O'Neill, Neb. * * * CHARLES MANN has been appointed manager of the Oritani and Eureka Theatres, Hackensack, N. J. L. W. CARROLL is managing the new Flynn Theatre, Burlington, Vt. * * * ABE BASS lias re-opened the National Theatre, Louisville, Ky. * * * JACK SAXON has been named as manager of the new Rialto Theatre, Owosso, Mich. * * * JAMES R. McCULLOUGH, former manager of the Madison Theatre, Peoria, 111., has assumed management of the Peerless Theatre, Kewanee, succeeding Thomas C. Pierce, transferred to Peoria. * * * MR. AND MRS. W. H. DUSSLER have purchased the Majestic Theatre, Memphis, Mo. * * * F. E. SHIPLEY, formerly of Publix Theatres, Des Moines, la., has bought the Crest Theatre, Creston, Iowa. * * * GEORGE N. HUNT has been promoted to the assistant managership of the Loew'sUnited Artists" Theatre, Louisville, Ky. * * * W. SHARP has taken over the Opera House, Milton, Iowa. House was formerly operated by Milton Clef. * * * CHARLES DUNSMOOR has taken over the Strand Theatre, Newton, la. * * * l\TlCK PIERONG will manage the Pantages Theatres, Minneapolis, Minn. * * * IRVING COHEN has succeeded Frank Dameron as manager of the Keith Theatre, North Platte, Neb. Dameron goes to Minnesota. * * * CHARLES W. LEIST has taken over the managerial end of the Du Page Theatre, Lombard, 111. * * * JERRY PARKER, former Assistant Manager to John Scanlon at the Warner Theatre, Lynn, Mass., has been promoted to the managerial chair at the Commodore Hull Theatre, Derby, Conn., succeeding Charles H. Oakley, transferred to Danbury. * * * E. A. PATCHEN, former assistant manager at the Rialto and Paramount Theatres, Denver, Colo., is acting as manager of the Strand. Cheyenne, Wyo. Items for publication on this page should be addressed to "Chick" Lewis and will be published the week following receipt. Notices of promotions, transfers, change of addresses, and other material of this nature is what we want for our "Personalities" page. The more you send the more interesting will be the page each week. ACKERMAN J. GILL, former manager of the R. K. O. Theatre. Schenectady, N. Y., has been appointed manager of the circuit house in Albany. Edward J. Connolly succeeds Gill in Schenectady. KNOX STRACHAN has been appointed manager of the Hippodrome Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio, succeeding Al Beckerich, transferred to Akron as manager of the local RKO house. C. H. MERCER will manage the Aladdin Theatre in Longview, Texas. WILLIAM MURPHY, formerly of the Embassy Theatre, Waltham, Mass., succeeds Edward Selette as manager of the Arcadia Theatre, Portsmouth, N. H. * * * J. A. HOLMES has been named as manager of the RKO-Proctor Theatre, Schnectadv, N. Y. * * * WALTER O'BRIEN is managing the Chakeres State Theatre in Greenville, Ohio. * * * BEN HOOK is holding down the managerial position at the Murphy Theatre, Wilmington, Ohio. * # * MAURICE BROWN is now managing the Classique Theatre in Brooklyn, N. Y. * * * NED B. GROSSMAN is managing the reopened Capitol Theatre, Pocatello, Ida. * * * JIM DRAKE has taken over the King Bee Theatre, St. Louis, Mo. * * * H. C. COHEN has purchased the Lee Theatre, St. Louis, Mo., from the Lee Corporation. * * * R. G. WOOD, former manager of the Metropolitan Theatre. Baltimore, Md., will manage a theatre in Charleston, W. Va. * * * WILLIAM McCREARY, former manager of the Lyric Theatre, Duluth, Minn., has taken over the managerial post at the State Theatre, Hibbing, Minn. * * * F. H. JONES, owner of the Dixie Theatre, Wynne. Ark., has purchased the Lura Theatre, Augusta, Ark., and will assume management. * g * RAY DAVIDSON has purchased the Lake Theatre, Waubay, S. D. * * # LOUIS HELLBORN, formerly of the < ->rpheum Theatre, Denver, Colo., has been appointed manager of the Orpheum in Memphis, Tenn., succeeding C. S. Williams, resigned. * * * WILBUR WERTHNER, former manager of the Crown Theatre, Toronto. Ont., Canada, is now managing the York. * * * EDDIE LEWIS, formerly of the Strand, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., is now managing the Park Theatre in Reading, Pa.